Geneva, St. Charles police blotter: April 17

April 17, 2013|By Alexa Aguilar, Special to the Tribune

The following items were compiled from reports released by the Geneva and St. Charles police departments:

Geneva

•A silver bicycle was stolen April 10 from the rack at the Geneva Metra station, 328 Crescent Place. The theft was reported April 11. The owner said he had locked his bicycle about 7:40 a.m. and that the lock was present and intact but the bike gone when he returned.

•A fence in the 400 block of Richards Street was spray-painted with the word "Latin" between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. April 10.

•A 54-year-old St. Charles man was charged with criminal trespass to a vehicle after police said he entered a Cadence Health security vehicle parked in front of the emergency room entrance April 10. The man is banned from Delnor Hospital, 300 S. Randall Road, unless he is actively receiving treatment. He was being escorted by a security officer from the emergency room when he entered the car.

•A 50-year-old St. Charles woman was charged with driving under the influence April 7 after police stopped her in the 100 block of North Street.

•About 100 feet of plastic fencing at Geneva Commons was found damaged April 3. The panels in the 500 block of Commons Drive had been smashed, leaving several holes. The damage occurred between 2 and 7 a.m. and is estimated at $1,500.

•A student's white iPhone with a Hello Kitty cover was reported stolen April 3. The phone had been locked in a gym locker at Geneva High School, 416 McKinley Ave., the student said.

St. Charles

•A 34-year-old St. Charles woman was charged with retail theft April 7 after employees at Meijer, 855 S. Randall Road, saw her pretend to scan items in the self-checkout lane. The woman paid for only part of the items.

•A 22-year-old Aurora woman was charged April 7 with driving without a license and speeding after she was stopped in the 500 block of Kirk Road.

•A 22-year-old South Elgin man was cited for disorderly conduct/public drunkenness after police found him walking down the middle of Illinois Route 31 (the 1000 block of North Second Street) about 1 a.m. April 7. The man said he had been drinking at Alley 64, did not know what town he was in and was trying to walk home to South Elgin.

•A 27-year-old Elgin man was charged with disorderly conduct/public drunkenness April 7 after police said he was "insulting and confrontational."

•A 43-year-old St. Charles woman was charged with driving without a license, disobeying a stop sign and operating an uninsured vehicle after police saw her go through a stop sign at Seventh Street while traveling west on Prairie Street on April 6. When she was stopped, she told police she had never had a driver's license.

•A 23-year-old St. Charles man was charged with speeding and driving with a suspended license after police used radar that showed him speeding in a construction zone in the 700 block of East Main Street on April 9. The man worked for the construction company doing the roadwork.

•A 73-year-old St. Charles man was the victim of fraud. He told police that when he filed his tax return, the tax filing company told him the return had already been filed using the same Social Security number. Police advised him to contact the Internal Revenue Service, filed a fraud report and supplied him with an identity theft packet.

•A 32-year-old St. Charles man was charged with unlawful possession of a fraudulent ID card after police stopped him April 10 for driving without his lights on. After police looked him up in their system, they discovered he was driving with a suspended registration and license and that his identification cards were fraudulent.

•A 30-year-old St. Charles man was charged with speeding and driving with a suspended license after police stopped in the 400 block of East Main Street. His license had been suspended for driving under the influence.

•A 27-year-old Plainfield man was charged April 8 with possession of drug paraphernalia and operating a vehicle with expired registration after he was stopped in the 2000 block of Illinois Route 38.

•A 34-year-old Hampshire man was charged with disorderly conduct/public drunkenness April 12 after police saw him try to enter multiple bars that denied him entry.